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Whisky, gambling and Ferraris are better than housework.

Francoise Sagan

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Francoise Sagan
Age: 69 †
Born: 1935
Born: June 21
Died: 2004
Died: September 24
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Film Director
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
9th arrondissement
Paris
Françoise Quoirez
Sagan
Françoise
Francoise Sagan
Françoise Delphine Quoirez
Gambling
Better
Whisky
Ferrari
Housework

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